Reeson Wayne "Reece" Shearsmith (born 27 August 1969) is an English actor, writer, comedian, producer, director, and magician. He created, wrote, and acted in the sitcom/sketch show The League of Gentlemen, along with fellow performers Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. He played over 30 characters. He and Pemberton also created, wrote, and acted in another award-winning series, Psychoville.

, 1h30Directed byBen WheatleyOriginUnited-kingdomGenresDrama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, HistoricalThemesPolitical filmsActorsMichael Smiley, Julian Barratt, Reece ShearsmithRoles WhiteheadRating63% During a battle of the English Civil War, an alchemist's assistant named Whitehead flees from the strict Commander Trower. Whitehead meets Cutler and two army deserters, Jacob and Friend. Together they leave the battleground in search of an ale house. They encounter the Irishman O'Neill, a man whom Whitehead has been sent to apprehend for the theft of his master's works and literature. O'Neill quickly asserts authority over the group and tells them of a treasure hidden somewhere in a nearby field.

, 1h30OriginUnited-kingdomGenresScience fictionActorsRory Kinnear, Mark Gatiss, Julia Deakin, Philip Jackson, Ian Hallard, Reece ShearsmithRoles MoonRating60% The film's setting begins in July 1969 as 90-year-old Julius Bedford (Rory Kinnear) tells young Jim (Alex Riddell) the story of how two men made the first journey to the Moon back in 1909. He relates that when he was a young man, he met Professor Cavor (Mark Gatiss) at Apuldram and learned that Cavor had invented 'Cavorite', a substance that blocked the force of gravity. He tells how he encouraged Cavor to think toward the profits his invention might bring, and how the two worked together to build a cast iron sphere that would fly them to the moon.

, 1h32OriginUnited-kingdomGenresThriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, CrimeThemesSerial killer films, Comedy horror filmsActorsAndy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Steven O'Donnell, Jennifer Ellison, Dave Legeno, Steven BerkoffRoles PeterRating61% Two brothers, David and Peter (Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith), kidnap Tracey (Jennifer Ellison), the stepdaughter of Arnie (Steven Berkoff), an underworld crime boss. After a heated conversation at the kitchen table, Peter and David retrieve the unconscious Tracey from the car trunk. As they try to get her upstairs Peter gets sidetracked by her chest not realizing that she has woken up. She headbutts him several times and Peter screams with pain. David manages to get her off him and has to fix Peter's now bloody and broken nose after tying her to the bed frame. The pair hold her for ransom in a secluded country cottage. Things begin to go wrong when Arnie's dimwitted son and stepbrother of Tracey, Andrew (Steve O'Donnell) delivers the ransom. Instead of money, the bag is filled with napkins. David and Peter realize that not only have they been deceived, but Arnie knew about Andrew's involvement in the scheme all along.

, 1h32Directed bySteve BendelackOriginUnited-kingdomGenresComedy, HorrorThemesTime travel filmsActorsMark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith, Simon Pegg, Emily Woof, Michael Sheen, Bruno LangleyRoles Various CharactersRating62% One night Jeremy Dyson calls the other members of The League of Gentlemen to talk about a new series idea he's had (everyone in Royston Vasey would wake up with a tail), however the other writers no longer wish to write the series and are keen to move on to new projects. Suddenly he is confronted by three of the more popular characters from the series; Papa Lazarou and the Tattsyrups. Dyson tries to make a run for it but falls off the edge of a cliff.